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By G. Norway.

Hussein the Hostage: Or, A Boy's Adventures in Persia. By G. Norway. With 8 full-page Illustrations by John Schönberg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

The narrative of the adventures of the young prince Hussein and his faithful follower Askar in their endeavour to free their oppressed tribe from the Persian yoke. Hussein is for some time held captive by the Persians, and Askar, after storing a secret cavern with provisions, sets off to rescue him. He is himself kidnapped, however, and sold to a travelling showman. Askar at length rejoins Hussein, who has escaped in disguise, gathered about him some of his old adherents, and is holding the cavern against the Persian forces. These are happily dispersed at the moment when success seems assured to them. The book has the same originality of conception and treatment which characterized the author's previous story

—The Loss of John Humble.

The Loss of John Humble: What Led to It, and what Came of It. By G. Norway. With 8 full-page Illustrations by John Schönberg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

"This story will place the author at once in the front rank. It is full of life and adventure. He is equally at home in his descriptions of life in Sweden and in the more stirring passages of wreck and disaster, and the interest of the story is sustained without a break from first to last."

—Standard.

"Since the days when we read Robinson Crusoe no book of its kind has delighted us more. It is just the gift-book for boys."

—Schoolmaster.

"Among books of stirring adventure we can highly commend The Loss of John Humble."

—Guardian.